Stew Milne / APSyracuse head football coach Doug Marrone speaks to the media during Big East football media day Tuesday in Newport, R.I.

Newport, R.I. — The questions, predictably, came all day long for Syracuse University head football coach Doug Marrone and the Orange players who accompanied him to Big East media day.

What’s going on with senior wide receiver Marcus Sales, who faces felony drug charges after his arrest on Friday, and how’s Prince-Tyson Gulley, who was stabbed overnight Thursday during a brawl at a party on campus?

There wasn’t much new from the head coach, who was out of town when separate incidents jeopardized the seasons of both players a week before the start of camp.

Marrone, who is back in Syracuse Wednesday, said he wouldn’t take any action before doing some fact-finding and talking to police.

Police said Gulley was stabbed multiple times around 1:30 a.m. Friday during a fight that broke out at a party in the 300 block of Slocum Avenue.

Gulley, 19, apparently was stabbed during a fight that erupted after 20 to 30 non-students showed up at a party. He suffered stab wounds to the back and arms.

“I know that he’s home right now, in Wisconsin. He’s from (Akron) Ohio but his dad moved to Wisconsin. He was healthy enough to be released and healthy enough to take that trip home,” said Marrone, who visited with Gulley on Saturday.

Gulley is expected to be back on campus this week when players show up for the start of camp, but it isn’t clear when he’ll be back on the playing field.

“I won’t know that until I speak to the doctors,” Marrone said.

Sales, 21, was arrested along with his older brother, Michael, 25, on Friday night and faces drug charges after police found marijuana and 180 Lortab (hydrocodone and acetaminophen) tablets, digital scales, a plastic cup with gin and other baggies in the car.

The younger Sales, a Christian Brothers Academy graduate and starting wide receiver for the Orange, also admitted to drinking alcohol that was found in a cup in the vehicle he was driving. Police said they stopped the car after it went through a red light.

Marrone said he hasn’t yet spoken with Sales. That situation will likely be more complicated because of the felony charges involved.

“Things like this, unfortunately they occur, but it’s not a reflection of the whole program,” Marrone said. “And we still don’t know exactly what’s going on with those situations.”

Quarterback Ryan Nassib, who could possibly lose one of his top receivers, said he was more concerned with Sales and the condition of Gulley than he was worried about replacing them on the field.

“First off, I think of them as my friends and my brothers. I worry about them from that standpoint,” Nassib said.

“It’s tough for us, but the team is bigger than any individual. At the end of the day, the team’s going to keep moving on. The program’s going to keep on going. A lot of people are going to have to step up.”

Marrone said coaches never want distractions.

“I’ve always preached to the players about how you don’t need any distractions. Obviously, with the incidents that have occurred, it’s a distraction,” he said.

“We’ve got to make sure we focus on the task at hand, handle our own individual business and our business as a team, and let me worry about the stuff that’s going on outside the program,” he said. “And really, the more distractions you have, the less opportunity you have to become a good football team.”